fractious

英 [ˈfrækʃəs]

美 [ˈfrækʃəs]

adj.  暴躁的; 易怒的; 动辄烦躁的; 捣乱的; 表示不满的

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BNC.21157 / COCA.19745

牛津词典

adj.

• 暴躁的；易怒的；动辄烦躁的
  bad-tempered or easily upset, especially by small things
  1. Children often get fractious and tearful when tired.
     孩子们疲倦时易烦躁好哭。
• 捣乱的；表示不满的
  making trouble and complaining
  1. The six fractious republics are demanding autonomy.
     这六个不安分的加盟共和国要求自治。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 易怒的;烦躁的;脾气不好的
  If you describe someone asfractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things.
  1. ...fractious national movements.
     难以控制的全国运动
  2. Nancy was in a fractious mood...
     南希情绪烦躁。
  3. The children were predictably fractious.
     孩子们肯定会耍脾气。

英英释义

adj

• unpredictably difficult in operation
  1. rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas
  2. fractious components of a communication system
• easily irritated or annoyed
  1. an incorrigibly fractious young man
  2. not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
  Synonym:crankyirritablenettlesomepeevishpeckishpettishpetulantscratchytestytetchytechy
• stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  1. a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
  2. a refractory child
  Synonym:refractoryrecalcitrant

双语例句

• I'm afraid I don't have much patience in dealing with fractious teenagers.
  恐怕我没有多少耐心应付脾气急躁的十几岁的孩子们。
• A fractious group of left-wing parties is not always reliable and unlikely to back tough reforms.
  一群急躁的左翼党派往往不可信赖也不可能支撑起艰巨的改革事业。
• Every time I got home, she always shaking her tail, I went to the fractious arms.
  每当我回到家的时候，她总是摇着她的尾巴跑到我的怀里撒娇。
• Run by fractious triumvirate, it produced some noble plays.
  由独断专行的三人小组经营该剧团演出了一些名剧。
• The relationship between Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma and former Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz seemed fractious.
  阿里巴巴集团主席马云和雅虎前首席执行长巴茨（CarolBartz）之间的关系似乎充满了火药味。
• An incorrigibly fractious young man; not the least nettlesome of his countrymen.
  脾气坏得不可救药的年轻人；在他的同胞中决不是脾气最好的。
• Importantly, their armies also learn to work together, even when relations between their governments occasionally turn fractious.
  重要的是，甚至是在与他们政府间关系偶尔紧张时，他们的军队也学会了如何协作。
• Energy politics with Turkmenistan were fractious during the rule of Mr Niyazov, who also started gas supply talks with the Chinese.
  在前总统尼亚佐夫统治时期，土库曼斯坦的能源政治一直不和，尼亚佐夫还启动了与中国的天然气供应谈判。
• The detentions have heightened tensions between Canberra and Beijing and come amid fractious talks between the Chinese Steel Association and Australian mining groups to set an annual benchmark price for iron ore.
  此次拘留事件已经加剧了堪培拉和北京之间的紧张关系，而且正值中国钢铁工业协会与澳洲矿商有关铁矿石年度基准价格的谈判陷入僵局。
• After a fractious call with analysts, his irritated shareholders demonstrated their discontent.
  一场失控的分析师电话会议过后，被激怒的惠普股东展示了他们的不满。